| The Champion (2020) | 6.8 | |
| Chuck (2016) | 6.5 | |
| The Hammer (2017) | 5.9 | |
| Cinderella Man (2005) | 8.0 | |
| Unbeatable (2013) | 7.2 |
Prizefighter movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant prizefighter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, tense, intense, emotional and suspense films and TV shows about / with prizefighter, boxing, boxer, athlete's life, fight, boxing match, boxing training, athlete and trainer, ambition and boxing champion plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres shot in USA, Japan, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as prizefighter: Cinderella Man (2005), Warrior (2011), Tomorrow's Joe (2011), Creed (2015), Underdog: Part Two (2020), My Punch-Drunk Boxer (2019), Big George Foreman (2023), Creed III (2023), Ring Girls (2005), The Champion (2020).
Best films
List of prizefighter movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, motivational, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, boxer, biopic, athlete's life, roman empire, poverty, fight scenes, depression, protective male ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, 2000s, year 2006, 1920s ...
Place:
netherlands, usa, new jersey, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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526K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style:
emotional, tense, inspirational, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mixed martial arts, fight scenes, boxing, fistfight, estrangement, muscleman, happy ending, father son relationship, athlete and trainer, fight ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Set in the 1960's, Joe Yabuki (Tomohisa Yamashita) lives in a run-down low income ara. There, alcholic ex-boxer Danpei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa) notices Joe Yabuki's talents as a boxer. But then, Joe gets into trouble and is sentenced into ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
boxer, boxing, prisoner, boxing training, boxing match, boxing trainer, rivalry, japanese man, jail, prison, orphan, street fighter ...
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331K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, boxer, training, fight, mentor, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, boxing match, gym, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 1998, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, tijuana mexico, mexico, pennsylvania, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Suenaga finds his life on the verge of collapsing as violence consumes those around him. However, he finds a worthy opponent in Omura, an up-and-coming wunderkind who is trying to escape his violent past. The men's fight for redemption ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, intense, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
boxing, fight, prizefighter, underdog, rivalry, redemption, determination, perseverance, resilience, ambition, ambitious man, champion ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Byung-gu, a once-famous former professional boxer, makes ends meet doing odd jobs at the gym. While eager to start boxing again, he gets diagnosed with "punch drunk syndrome," a condition caused by cerebral concussions. One day, a new ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, friendship, boxing champion, prizefighter, male female relationship, master warrior, athlete's life, changing lives, martial arts, sparring, boxing match ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot:
boxing, boxer, boxing match, boxing champion, olympics, preacher, boxing trainer, champion, title bout, prizefighter, athlete's life, middle aged ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s, year 1968, year 1967
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
106K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, intense, interesting
Plot:
boxing, boxer, orphan, boxing match, boxing champion, professional sports, champion, boxing training, title bout, boxing trainer, male protagonist, world champion ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
philadelphia, los angeles
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on true events, Ring Girls is a fast paced story about five gorgeous young American women from Las Vegas who train under their mentor, Master Toddy. These five fighters take on the ultimate challenge of fighting the best female Muay Thai ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling
Plot:
boxing, female fight, woman power, boxer, muay thai, professional sports, boxing training, female protagonist, master warrior, ambitious woman, boxing match, professional rivalry ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Ippo continues to defend his title and training to reach his goal, Ichiro Miyata. While Takamura goes for the world, and faces the world champion, Brian Hawk. In what is to become his toughest fight so far.
Style:
anime, tense, shounen, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, boxing champion, rivalry, determination, gym, perseverance, title bout, boxer, prizefighter, fight, ambition, competitor ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It is 1940. The first transport of prisoners arrives at the newly created concentration camp Auschwitz. One of them is Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champion of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his and ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
concentration camp, boxer, boxing champion, military camp, world war two, prizefighter, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, camp, prisoner of war camp, professional sports, life is a bitch ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as a window cleaner. His father, an alcoholic, tyrannizes the whole family, so Marko's only joy in life is boxing. As he is the most promising talent in his club, Gerd ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, ambition, athlete's life, against the odds, youth, life is a bitch, teenage boy, professional athlete, prizefighter, boxing match, sports man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Zhou Si, who was so desperate in boxing, was sentenced to five years in prison for an accident. After his release, his wife died, leaving only his daughter Zhou Zi waiting for him. The young daughter was found to have leukemia, and Zhou Shi returned ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
boxing, boxing trainer, comeback, father daughter relationship, redemption, perseverance, prison, ex convict, muscleman, arena, combat, scuffle ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Follow aspiring Iraqi-Australian boxing trainer Amirah Al-Amir who has idolised her world champion father Sami her entire life. While working in the family gym in Sydney's west alongside her two brothers, Amirah negotiates a professional debut ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, father daughter relationship, boxing trainer, relationships, problem, direction and purpose, boxer, follow your dream, dream, family problems, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
When champion amateur boxer and lifelong fighter Lola falls in love and has a baby, she struggles to give up her championship and leave the ring with her career unfinished.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, boxing, female boxer, boxer, female protagonist, sacrifice, prizefighter, lifestyle change, boxing training, changing lives, athlete and trainer, problem ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A kickboxer is trying to make his comeback after a few years in jail.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, tension
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kickboxing, ambition, boxer, comeback, redemption, kickboxer, boxing, boxing training, professional sports, athlete's life, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, sporting event, prizefighter, sports man, boxing training, sport competition, professional sports, boxer, professional athlete, supernatural ability, second chance, single father ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
boxing, deaf, boxing trainer, female boxer, boxer, deafness, deaf mute, female protagonist, professional sports, deaf woman, prizefighter, loss of eyesight ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
boxing, friendship, faith, prison, boxer, best friend, sacrifice, loyalty, love, boxing champion, life sentence, jail ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The journey of Liger, from Karimnagar to Mumbai, from a nobody to a competitor, in his search for recognition while navigating his weaknesses, relationships, and love life.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, harsh, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
dream, boxer, fighter, boxing, athlete's life, professional athlete, prizefighter, sports man, boxing training, fight club, kickboxing, brother sister relationship ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison and loses everything. After his release, he experiences the trials and tribulations of redeeming his reputation, his belt, and his true love.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
Plot:
boxing, boxer, redemption, competitor, breaking point, starting over, changing lives, life turned upside down, rise and fall, rise to the top, lifestyle change, fight ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an even bigger problem. He can't put himself in the right ...
Style:
disturbing, satirical, captivating, manga
Plot:
boxing, boxer, athlete's life, gluttony, love interest, food, satire, prizefighter, love and romance, problem, lifestyle change, love affair ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, rivalry, fistfight, fight, arena, professional rivalry, boxing champion, wrestler, combat, battles, battle zone ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era, 18th century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
As the eldest daughter of the Fang Conglomerate, Fang Yu was raised to become the sole successor of the company, yet she goes against her family's objections to pursue boxing and won the championship title at the young age of 18. On the other ...
Style:
romantic, psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
kick-butt women, youth, student, boxing, martial arts, tournament, female boxer, competition, fight, athlete's life, love interest, male female relationship ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, f word
Plot:
boxing, boxer, husband wife relationship, waitress, boxing match, rising to stardom, historical figure, changing lives, historical character, athlete's life, fight, boxing champion ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1975, year 1974, year 1954
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, humorous, intense ...
Plot:
boxing, rivalry, boxer, competition, determination, championship, boxing champion, competitor, fight, athlete's life, contests and competitions, champion ...
Place:
tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Argentina, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Boxing drama / romance.
Style:
sincere, light, captivating, erotic, crying ...
Plot:
boxer, boxing match, boxing, extramarital affair, fight, attraction, adulterous husband, love affair, sex scene, boxing training, teacher student sex, illicit affair ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, Kabilan, a young labourer, must choose whether to put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
boxing, fight, politics, gang war, crime family, gang, organized crime, bandit, showdown, athlete and trainer, boxer, criminal gang ...
Time:
2020s, 70s
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, boxing, fight, boxer, training, opponent, contests and competitions, rivalry, boxing match, loan shark, athlete and trainer, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
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Genre: Action, Biography, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
For the first time ever, WWE Home Video takes you through the journey of Kevin Owens and his fight to get to the top of WWE. Hear from “The Prizefighter” himself as he talks about his career on the independent scene, getting to NXT, and his road ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, motivational, intense
Plot:
professional wrestling, wrestling, ambition, champion, professional sports, martial arts, fight, professional wrestler, competitor, scuffle, master warrior, wrestler ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
north america
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